Spermophilus wilsoni Shotwell 1956 (ground squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Alternative combinations: Citellus (Otospermophilus) wilsoni, Citellus wilsoni, Otospermophilus wilsoni

Full reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1956. Hemphillian mammalian assemblage from northeastern Oregon. Geological Society America Bulletin 67

Belongs to Spermophilus according to J. A. Shotwell 1970

See also Barnosky 1986, Black 1963, Korth 1994, Shotwell 1956, Shotwell 1968 and Wilson and Reeder 1993

Sister taxa: Spermophilus armatus, Spermophilus cochisei, Spermophilus columbianus, Spermophilus cragini, Spermophilus dotti, Spermophilus finlayensis, Spermophilus howelli, Spermophilus johnstoni, Spermophilus lorisrusselli, Spermophilus mcgheei, Spermophilus meadensis, Spermophilus meltoni, Spermophilus primitivus, Spermophilus rexroadensis, Spermophilus russelli, Spermophilus spilosoma, Spermophilus superciliosus, Spermophilus taylori, Spermophilus tephrus, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Spermophilus tuitus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis

Type specimen: UOMNH F-4097, a mandible (a complete right lower jaw with P4-M3; incisor missing). Its type locality is McKay Reservoir, which is in a Hemphillian pond sandstone in the McKay Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (6: Oregon, Washington collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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